Genus Christya 
Thorax, hair-like scales and narrow curved 
laterally. Wings, dense lanceolate scales. Abdomen 
with characteristic dense long lateral apical tufts of 
hair-like scales. 
i. Ch. implexa .—Fore femora with white spots 
and a prominent pale band. Hind tarsi black, apex of 
leg white. Uganda. 
Genus Lophoscelomyia 
Resembles Nyssorhynchus , but differs in having (i) 
long curved hair-like scales on thorax instead of narrow 
curved and spindle scales ; (2) dense apical tufts on the 
hind femora in both sexes. 
1. L. asiatica .—Very small. Wings, five black 
spots and four yellow costal spots. Malay. 
Genus Nyssorhynchus 
a. Last hind tarsi brown. 
Legs spotted. 
yd. Legs with apical bands. 
1. N. stephensi .—Syn = A. metaboles , Theobald. 
Tarsus without any segment of hind leg white. Legs 
brown, speckled with white ; joints of fore and hind 
tarsi with apical spots. Wing costa, four broad 
prominent black spots and two smaller basal ones. 
The third largest spot has three typical spots beneath 
it on the first long vein (Fig. 59). Fringe dark, with 
pale areas. Palpi, two broad apical white bands, one 
narrow basal; white scales between the last two bands. 
India. 
2. N. masteri. Distinguished from former by 
the proboscis having pale apex in 2 . It is also smaller. 
Australia. 
fi/ 3 . Legs with apical and basal bands. 
